2D graphics in C# for Windows Store Apps

Question

To do custom 2D graphics in Java/Swing, I subclass JPanel and override paintComponent.

To do custom 2D graphics in Android, I subclass View and override onDraw.

To do custom 2D graphics in iOS, I subclass UIView and override drawRect.

How can I do the same thing in C# for a Windows Store (Win8.1) mobile app? What I've found thus far on Google has not been promising. This page suggests that no such API exists unless I build my GUI in XAML or go with Direct2D in C++. Has anyone found an API for C# that gives the same flexibility I already have with Swing, Android, and iOS?

Answer 1

The page is right. That functionality does not exist. To get similar functionality you will have to make a WriteableBitmap and use that in your view.